Polling ended in Telangana at 5 pm on December 7, 2018. This is second assembly legislative election in the state. The election for the 119-member assembly was held on in a single phase.

The main election contest in the state is between the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government and 'MahaKootami' (Grand Alliance) comprising the Indian National Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) founded by retired Osmania University Political Science Professor Prof. Kodandaram, and the Communist Party of India.

Exit polls predict a win for TRS, giving it 66 assembly seats, followed by 'MahaKootami' in second place with 39 seats, other parties are expected to bag nine seats.

The Congress has said that it would leave 25 seats for its alliance partners - 14 to the TDP, eight to the TJS and three seats to the CPI.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is contesting eight seats in Hyderabad.

The TRS, which has been confident of a win, opted for dissolution of the Assembly in September, eight months before its term was to end

The counting of votes in Telangana will be held on December 11, 2018 along with the four other state assemblies - Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram.